Belonogoff on mononucleosis: “I had to relieve myself, I didn’t understand what was happening”

Russian swimming champion Tatiana Belonogoff She said that she suffered from mononucleosis and because of this she could not perform the entire load normally during the preparation period.

Belonogoff won gold in the 50m breaststroke at the recent Russian championships.

— Mononucleosis manifests itself differently in everyone. I constantly had a sore throat, a temperature of about 39. At one point I visited a sports doctor and he told me to take tests for special indicators. It turned out I had mononucleosis. There is only one way to deal with it: let the body recover, reduce stress. Vitta Vladimirovna is very understanding in this regard and allowed me to train according to the state of my body at that time.

After the Russian Championships, I started training, more or less normally, but with each increase in load my temperature rose again. Terrible weakness, I couldn’t work during training. Then I went to the doctor through the FMBA and they recommended that I go on vacation – I missed the Russian Cup and Spartakiad. From the end of June to September, my body needed this restoration,” Belonogoff said in an interview with .

“Psychologically, it’s probably not easy: you feel like you can’t handle the load, but you don’t know why.

– It’s true. I didn’t understand at all what was happening, why I was constantly sick. Therefore, when the positive result for mononucleosis came, it was to some extent a relief, since I finally knew the reason.

— Vitta Novozhilova is very lively and serious, she always makes sure, even in the mixed zone, that we don’t overdo it with the air conditioning. And from what I understand from conversations with Zhenya Chikunova, for all her rigor, is she very concerned about the health of athletes?

— Vitta Vladimirovna is very caring. She is ready to do anything for us. He wants everything to go well for us. Always makes sure we eat well and the air conditioner doesn’t blow. He literally takes care of everything, it’s true.

The Russian swimming championship ended on April 19 in Kazan. Live broadcasts of the tournament took place on the channels of the Match holding company and on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.